When a man has long followed the wrong
path, he turns back at last; he is quit of
the fear that he felt up till then. We should not
lose sight of the chief point; the end, when we
reach it, will be full of sweetness. When we have
done with desires, what is there left to excite us?
In early days, it was the way of men to gird up
their loins in due season; in those days, guilt lost
its power, because men repented of it. Tuka says,
Our reason helps us when we secure its help; God
stands close beside us, waiting for us to call on Him.
path, he turns back at last; he is quit of
the fear that he felt up till then. We should not
lose sight of the chief point; the end, when we
reach it, will be full of sweetness. When we have
done with desires, what is there left to excite us?
In early days, it was the way of men to gird up
their loins in due season; in those days, guilt lost
its power, because men repented of it. Tuka says,
Our reason helps us when we secure its help; God
stands close beside us, waiting for us to call on Him.